Scheme putting police in mental health teams must end, says NHS England

A controversial mental health monitoring system, which embedded police officers in clinical teams, must no longer be used in mental health services, NHS England has said.In a letter seen by the Guardian, NHS England's national clinical director for mental health, Prof Tim Kendall, gave the instruction about the serenity integrated mentoring (SIM) scheme and similar models.

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